Cytotoxic T cells swarm by homotypic chemokine signalling

  1. Jorge Luis Galeano Niño
  2. Sophie V Pageon
  3. Szun S Tay
  4. Feyza Colakoglu
  5. Daryan Kempe
  6. Jack Hywood
  7. Jessica K Mazalo
  8. James Cremasco
  9. Matt A Govendir
  10. Laura F Dagley
  11. Kenneth Hsu
  12. Simone Rizzetto
  13. Jerzy Zieba
  14. Gregory Rice
  15. Victoria Prior
  16. Geraldine M O'Neill
  17. Richard J Williams
  18. David R Nisbet
  19. Belinda Kramer
  20. Andrew I Webb
  21. Fabio Luciani
  22. Mark N Read
  23. Maté Biro  Is a corresponding author
  1. EMBL Australia, Single Molecule Science node, University of New South Wales, Australia
  2. School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
  3. Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Australia
  4. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  5. Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia
  6. Children's Cancer Research Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
  7. The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, UNSW, Australia
  8. Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Australia
  9. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
  10. Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Australia
  11. Biofab3D, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Australia
  12. Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (iMPACT), School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia
  13. Advanced Biomaterials Lab, Research School of Engineering, ANU, Australia
  14. School of Computer Science, Westmead Initiative, and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
8 figures, 9 videos, 1 table and 3 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
CTLs swarm as they attack tumour masses.

(A) Schematic of ex vivo tumouroid model: a high-density mass of tumour cells and collagen (tumouroid, magenta) is surrounded by a 3D collagen matrix containing dispersed CTLs (green) in a closed …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
In silico model of CTL recruitment towards sites of tumour engagement.

(A) Schematic of bead tumouroid model: a high-density mass of collagen and beads blue, either uncoated or coated with cognate H-2Kb/SIINFEKL is surrounded by a 3D collagen matrix containing …

Figure 2 with 1 supplement
CTLs migrate rapidly and directionally towards sites of cognate target engagement due to a diffusing homotypic signal.

(A) Schematic of assay enabling 3D tracking of CTL movements relative to a tumouroid exposing a straight interface (scale bar: 50 µm). (B) Average speed and forward migration index (FMI) of CTLs …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
CTLs transmigrate towards cognate supernatants.

(A) Schematic illustration of the transmigration assay. CTLs were co-incubated with SIINFEKL-pulsed EL4 tumour cells or unpulsed non-cognate EL4 cells for 3 hr. The supernatant was filtered and used …

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Engagement of cognate tumouroid gives rise to a diffusing wave of chemoattraction.

(A) Confocal images showing the distribution of CTLs (green) in relation to a SIINFEKL-pulsed EL4 cognate tumouroid at 0 and 2 hr. Pseudocolour: distance to nearest cell in µm. (B) Cumulative …

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Long-range attraction assay in a non-cognate setting.

(A) Left: Schematic illustration showing CTL movements up to 1.6 mm away from the tumouroids comprising EL4 cells. Right: Representative confocal imaging showing the distribution of CTLs in relation …

Figure 4 with 4 supplements
CCL3 and CCL4 secretion drives T cell swarming.

(A) Average speed (Left) and FMI (Right) of OT1 CTLs adjacent to non-cognate EL4 or cognate SIINFEKL-pulsed EL4 tumouroids with pre-embedded tumour-reactive CTLs not treated with pertussis toxin …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
CCL3 and CCL4 are upregulated and secreted by activated CTLs and mediate homotypic recruitment.

(A, B) Quantification of chemokine mRNA levels by qRT-PCR in OT1 (A) or gBT1 (B) CTLs exposed to H-2Kb/SIINFEKL cognate beads, or cognate SIINFEKL- or SSIEFARL-pulsed EL4 respectively, or …

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
CTLs engaging cognate targets generate long-range chemokine gradients.

(A) Schematic illustration of experiment with cytometric bead array (CBA) beads embedded in collagen matrix adjacent to a cognate SIINFEKL-pulsed EL4 tumouroid co-embedded with CTLs. The CBA beads …

Figure 4—figure supplement 3
CCL3/CCL4-secreting tumour cells induce swarming and tumour infiltration.

(A) Flow cytometry analysis of EL4 tumour cells that constitutively secrete CCL3-mScarletI and CCL4-miRFP670. (B) Quantification of absolute CCL3 (right) and CCL4 (left) concentration detected in …

Figure 4—figure supplement 4
Leukocyte tumour infiltration in vivo.

(A) Rag-/- mice were engrafted subcutaneously with EL4 or CCL3/4-secreting EL4 tumour cells in contralateral flanks. On day 7 post-engraftment, 5 × 106 OT1GFP CTLs were transferred intravenously. …

Figure 5 with 3 supplements
T cell swarming is CCR5-dependent.

(A) FMI of polyclonal WT or Ccr5-/- T cells adjacent to non-cognate EL4 or cognate SIINFEKL-pulsed EL4 tumouroids pre-embedded with tumour-reactive CTLs. Box-whiskers indicate medians and the …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Chemokine receptor CCR5 mediates homotypic recruitment of CTLs.

(A) qRT-PCR analysis of chemokine receptor expression in OT1 CTLs. Data points from four independent experiments; red bars indicate mean. Data is normalised to universal mouse cDNA (positive …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2
In vivo tumour homing and rejection.

(A) WT and Ccr5-/- OT1 CTLs were adoptively transferred into Rag-/- mice engrafted with control and CCL3-mScarletI/CCL4-miRFP670 secreting non-cognate tumours in contralateral flanks. Tumours were …

Figure 5—figure supplement 3
Intravital imaging following local intratumoural injection of CCL3.

(A) Schematic representation of the intravital imaging set-up allowing for intratumoural delivery of CCL3-containing hydrogel into the centre of a field of view with a side of ~3 mm recording CTL …

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Homotypic recruitment of human polyclonal and CAR T cells.

(A) Transmigration of human T cells towards supernatant from T cells conjugated with IgG-coated beads (control beads), recombinant human CCL3 and CCL4, or supernatant from T cells conjugated with …

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Chemokine expression in activated human polyclonal T cells, and CAR T cell sorting and cytotoxicity.

(A) qRT-PCR analysis of chemokine expression in human T cells exposed to activating (αCD3/CD28-coated) beads relative to control (IgG-coated) beads. (B) Primary human T cells were transduced with …

Model of multistate mass recruitment of CTLs to a target site.

‘Searcher’ CTLs migrate randomly in search of target cells. When they recognise targets, they become ‘engager/recruiter’ CTLs that secrete CCL3 and CCL4. CCR5-expressing CTLs within range migrate …

Author response image 1
mRNA expression levels of various chemokines in B16 tumour cells relative to EL4 tumour cells as measured by qPCR.

Videos

Video 1
CTLs swarm around a cognate tumouroid.

(Total view) Long-term time-lapse imaging (40 hr) of OT1GFP CTLs (dark) embedded in 3D collagen matrix around cognate EL4 tumouroid (light grey disc). (Inset view) Brightfield (BF) and fluorescence …

Video 2
CTLs infiltrate deep into cognate tumour masses embedded with tumour-reactive CTLs.

Long-term (16 hr) time-lapse imaging of OT1 CTLs (green) embedded in collagen matrix around EL4 tumouroid (magenta). (Left) Non-cognate tumouroid; no significant accumulation of CTLs at tumouroid. …

Video 3
Tumour-reactive CTLs actively eliminate cognate tumour cells within the tumouroid.

3D time-lapse (3 hr) imaging of OT1 CTLs (green) embedded in a tumouroid composed of cognate tumour cells (purple) and dense collagen matrix. Propidium iodide was added to the medium to detect lysed …

Video 4
In silico simulations of CTL movements around cognate tumouroid as agent-based processes.

Motility models bootstrapped from experimental data. Gray: tumouroid; green: agents migrating without influence of chemoattractive signal; blue: agents encountering chemoattractant concentrations …

Video 5
Tracking individual CTL movements in 3D at high temporal resolution.

3D timelapse (1 hr) imaging of OT1 CTLs (green) embedded in collagen matrix near cognate tumouroid exposing straight interface (out of view to the left) with embedded tumour-reactive CTLs. Track …

Video 6
Tracking individual CTL movements up to 2 mm from tumouroid.

3D time-lapse (2 hr) imaging of OT1 CTLs (green) embedded in collagen matrix adjacent to a tumouroid (magenta). (Top) Non-cognate tumouroid. (Bottom) Cognate tumouroid with embedded tumour-reactive …

Video 7
Intravital imaging reveals CTL recruitment to site of intratumoural CCL3 injection.

(Injection Process) 2D time-lapse imaging of intratumoural injection of shear-thinning hydrogel containing recombinant CCL3 and Dextran-AF647 (white). (Injection Site) 2D fluorescence confocal image …

Video 8
Activated primary human T cells engage in homotypic recruitment.

Long-term (14 hr) time-lapse imaging of primary human T cells (green) embedded in collagen around bead-stimulated human T cells (magenta). (Left) Control (IgG-coated) beads. (Right) Activating …

Video 9
CAR T cells engaging antigen-expressing glioblastoma tumouroids induce swarming.

Long-term (14 hr) time-lapse imaging of human CAR T cells (green) embedded in collagen matrix around tumouroids (magenta). (Left) Tumouroid contains EphA2-specific CAR T cells and EPhA2-negative …

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)Rag-deficient B6.129S7-Rag < tm1mom > JAusb
(RAG1)
Australian BioResourcesUsed for in vivo experiments
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6.SJL-PtprcaPepcb/BoyJAusb
(PTPRCA)
Australian BioResourcesUsed for in vivo experiments
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6.129p2-ccr5 tm1Kuz/J
(CCR5-/-)
Australian BioResources7–12 week mice used to isolate CCR5KO CTLs
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6-Tg-OTI
(OT1)
Australian BioResources7–12 week mice used to isolate OT1 CTLs
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6-Tg(CAG-Lifeact/EGFP)-OTI
(OT1GFP)
Galeano Niño et al., 20207–12 week mice used to isolate LifeactGFP OT1 CTLs
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6.gBT-I/uGFP
(gBT1-GFP)
Gift from W. R. Heath7–12 week mice used to isolate GFP gBT1 CTLs
Strain, strain background (M. musculus)B6.gBT-I/dsRED
(gBT1-dsRED)
Gift from W. R. Heath7–12 week mice used to isolate dsRED gBT1 CTLs
Cell line (M. musculus)EL-4 lymphomaATCCCat. #: TIB-39
Cell line (M. musculus)NIH/3T3 fibroblastATCCCat. #: CRL-1658
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)WK1 glioblastoma cellsDay et al., 2013Cultured as described in Stringer et al., 2019
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)GP2-293 embryonic kidney cellsClonetechCat. #: 631458
Cell line (M. musculus)mCCL3-mScarletI secreting EL4 cellsThis paperEL4 cells transduced with CCL3-mScarletI construct. Sequence available in Materials and methods.
Cell line (M. musculus)mCCL4-miRFP670 secreting EL4 cellsThis paperEL4 cells transduced with CCL4-miRFP670 construct. Sequence available in Materials and methods.
Cell line (M. musculus)‘CCL3/4-secreting EL4’ i.e. mCCL3-mScarletI and mCCL4-miRFP670 secreting EL4 cellsThis paperEL4 cells transduced with CCL3-mScarletI and CCL4-miRFP670 construct. Sequences available in Materials and methods.
Cell line (M. musculus)EL4.HSVThis paperEL4 cells transduced with bicistronic SSIEFARL epitope and mTagBFP2. Sequence available in Materials and methods.
Cell line (M. musculus)EL4.OVAThis paperEL4 cells transduced with bicistronic SIINFEKL epitope and mTagBFP2. Sequence available in Materials and methods.
Cell line (Homo-sapiens)CAR T cellsThis paperPrimary human T cells transduced with EphA2-specific CAR construct. Produced by Kramer lab at Children's Cancer Research Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead. Information on CAR constructs available in Materials and methods.
Transfected construct (M. musculus)MSCV-based retrovial expression vector (LENC)Fellmann et al., 2013
Gift from J. Zuber
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.11.020

Retrovirus construct to express cDNA
Transfected construct (M. musculus)pMD2.GGift from Didier TronoAddgene plasmid # 12259; RRID:Addgene_12259Construct for VSVG pseudotyping retrovirus
Transfected construct (M. musculus)mCCL3-mScarletI gBlocksIntegrated DNA TechnologiesgBlocks cloned into LENC
Transfected construct (M. musculus)mCCL4-miRFP670 gBlocksIntegrated DNA TechnologiesgBlocks cloned into LENC
Transfected construct (M. musculus)SSIEFARL-mTagBFP2 gBlocksIntegrated DNA TechnologiesgBlocks cloned into LENC
Transfected construct (M. musculus)SIINFEKL-mTagBFP2 gBlocksIntegrated DNA TechnologiesgBlocks cloned into LENC
Transfected construct (Homo- sapiens)EphA2-specific CAR constructChow et al., 2013 and Yi et al., 2018Construct for lentiviral transduction of human T cells
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Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Transcriptomics.

Transcriptomics data of CTLs alone, in indicated conjugations or exposed to indicated supernatants from conjugations with tumour cells. Values are read counts obtained from featureCounts after alignment with TopHat2 to the GRCm38 reference genome.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/56554/elife-56554-supp1-v3.xlsx
Supplementary file 2

Secretomics.

Tables detailing secreted proteins identified by quantitative mass spectrometry analysis, including the proteins exhibiting significant differences between the cognate versus non-cognate cells and beads.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/56554/elife-56554-supp2-v3.xlsx
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